Bionet BM Elite Series, Instructions For Use Manual

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gasses where the temperature is often
room temperature or below.
A-5-6. O2 compensation
Use this setting to correct for the
compensation of the gas mixture
administered to the animal.
A-5-7. Anesthetic agent
Anesthetic agent is ignored when the
balance gas is set to helium.
A-5-8. Zero type
This function is used to initiate a
When performing a zero on room air,
this setting should be set to room air
(the default). Only change to nitrogen
(N2) when performing a zero on 100%
N2 gas; this is provided for use in a
laboratory environment.
Room air
N2
B-1. Zeroing
This function is used to initiate a
Capnostat zero.
A zero is used to correct for
differences in airway adapter types.
The Capnostat zero must be
performed free of any CO2
1. Set the Host to the zeroing
function.
2. Connect the CAPNOSTAT 5
CO2 Sensor.
3. Place the CAPNOSTAT 5 CO2
Sensor onto a clean and dry
CO2 adapter that is exposed
to room air and away from all
sources of CO2, including the
ventilator, the
animal’s breath
and your own.
Start the adapter zero. The maximum
time for a CAPNOSTAT zero is
40seconds. The typical time for a zero